% Text title            : Shri Dattatreya Shodashakshari Mantravidhanam
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% Category              : deities\_misc, dattAtreya, mantra
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% Author                : Traditional
% Transliterated by     : Durga Sharma
% Proofread by          : Durga Sharma
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% Latest update         : June 23, 2026
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mantraH |
OM aiM kroM klIM klUM hAM hIM hUM sauH dattAtreyAya svAhA ||
viniyogaH \-
OM asya shrIdattaShoDashAkSharImantrasya bhagavAn sadAshiva R^iShiH |
gAyatrI ChandaH | shrIdattAtreyo devatA | OM bIjam | svAhA shaktiH |
dattAtreyAya kIlakam | chaturvidhapuruShArthaprAptyarthe jape viniyogaH ||
R^iShyAdinyAsaH |
sadAshivaR^iShaye namaH shirasi |
gAyatrIChandase namaH mukhe |
shrIdattAtreyadevatAyai namaH hR^idaye |
OM bIjAya namaH guhye |
svAhA shaktaye namaH pAdayoH |
dattAtreyAya kIlakAya namaH nAbhau |
chaturvidhapuruShArthaprAptyarthe viniyogAya namaH karasampuTe ||
prathama karanyAsaH |
OM a~NguShThAbhyAM namaH |
aiM tarjanIbhyAM namaH |
kroM madhyamAbhyAM namaH |
klIM anAmikAbhyAM namaH |
klUM kaniShThikAbhyAM namaH |
hAM hIM hUM sauH dattAtreyAya svAhA karatalakarapR^iShThAbhyAM namaH ||
prathama hR^idayAdi\-ShaDa~NganyAsaH |
OM hR^idayAya namaH |
aiM shirase svAhA |
kroM shikhAyai vaShaT |
klIM kavachAya hum |
klUM netratrayAya vauShaT |
hAM hIM hUM sauH dattAtreyAya svAhA astrAya phaT ||
dvitIya karanyAsaH |
OM a~NguShThAbhyAM namaH |
krAM tarjanIbhyAM namaH |
surAga surAga surAga madhyamAbhyAM namaH |
sauH anAmikAbhyAM namaH |
dattAtreyAya kaniShThikAbhyAM namaH |
svAhA karatalakarapR^iShThAbhyAM namaH ||
dvitIya hR^idayAdi\-ShaDa~NganyAsaH |
OM hR^idayAya namaH |
krAM shirase svAhA |
surAga surAga surAga shikhAyai vaShaT |
sauH kavachAya hum |
dattAtreyAya netratrayAya vauShaT |
svAhA astrAya phaT ||
dhyAnam \-
sadAnandAtmakaM shuddhaM sAttvikaM tArakaM param |
vishvarUpaM jagadyoniM dattAtreyaM bhajAmyaham ||
digambaraM jaTAdhAraM bhasmoddhUlitavigraham |
ShaDbhujaM varadaM devaM yogisiddhaniShevitam ||
mAlAkamaNDaludharaM trishUlaDamarudhAriNam |
bhaktAbhIShTapradaM shAntaM dattAtreyaM namAmyaham ||
mUlamantraH |
OM aiM kroM klIM klUM hAM hIM hUM sauH dattAtreyAya svAhA ||

|| iti shrIdattAtreyaShoDashAkSharImantravidhAnaM sampUrNam ||

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Those who do not have a physical guru should practice Dattatreya Upasana.

Encoded and proofread by Durga Sharma

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